Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] opening the microfone

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le jeudi 19 mai 2005 à 17:20 +0200, Andre Schaefer a écrit :
> Am Donnerstag, den 19.05.2005, 14:27 +0200 schrieb Stefan Bruens:
> 
> > IIRC gm does not change the volume settings on startup. In many cases you can 
> > change the mic sensitivity via the slider in the audio tab of gm, but this 
> > may fail with card which have a large set of mixers, eg. Audigy, or devices 
> > different to normal soundcards, eg. USB Headsets, as there is no easy way to 
> > determine which is the correct mixer for this.
> > 
> > After you have setup your soundcard - selected the right input source, 
> > adjusted sensitivity and speaker volume - there should be no need to adjust 
> > anything for an incoming or outgoing call.
> 
> Thanks for your answer
> Everything works fine, and ist correctly configured. Just I want not to
> have the microfone open all the time, as I dislike to hear my typing
> that loud on my laptop. It disturbes my audio experience. Thus I close
> (disable) it, normally. 
> 
> I just wondered if GM is intelligent enough to reopen it if it needs
> audio input. ;)
> 
> If not, it may be a nice feature for the future?

You have to "mute" your microphone. That doesn't mean it won't record,
that means the "echo feedback" you hear will disappear. I always leave
it set to mute... I think that's what you need :)
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